Require help wth Pc build around E6850 cpu

Hairydavey · 13 Nov 2007 at 22:59

Ok bear with me here guys and girls, I've stuck with Amd for the last 5 years and am completely out of tune with Intel's current offerings and ratings system, sockets etc etc!!!!

What I'm after is a recommendation for components around the Intel E6850 cpu, namely I'm needing help for a combo of parts to run said cpu which are motherboard/ram/heatsink/psu.

Primary use would be gaming, overclocking capability isn't a priority for me.

I was looking at the Asus P5K3 deluxe mobo along with 2GB Corsair DDR3, decent 600W psu and Arctic Cooler 7 HSF but heard issues about the HSF not fitting properly?

Aiming for at least 2gb of ram (was looking at a DDR3 setup though would certainly consider DDR2 due to current prices!)

I'll be using my current gfx card/hdd/case etc etc for the rest of the build.

Apologies for the slightly confusing rant but hoping some of you guys can help me!!

Hairydavey · 13 Nov 2007 at 23:16

Budget for cpu/mobo/cpu hsf and psu is around £680. Current graphics card is evga overclocked 8800gts 640mb in an Antec Nine Hundred case with tagan 480w psu (aware this psu may need upgrading?), sli isn't important at all

I'm not a keen fan of overclocking cpu's that much so that capability isn't a priority for me.

As for DDR3, I'm aware that the prices are well, harsh! So I'm probably more inclined to go with a recommendation for DDR2

Hope that helps, sorry for not making it more clear in original post.

Hairydavey · 13 Nov 2007 at 23:42

Would this combo work ok together at all?

OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) -

Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard

OCZ 4GB (2 x 2GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Reaper HPC Enhanced Bandwidth Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR800C44GK)

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775)

Looked like a good setup though I'm a dunce with intel's fsb ratings, ie using an fsb 1333 cpu with fsb 1033 ram (never owned an Intel before so go easy on me!)

Any clarification that the above would work together in some sort of harmony!?

Hairydavey · 14 Nov 2007 at 10:41

Ahh, starting to get the jist of it especially with the ram fsb ratings which I wasn't hot on, thanks to all who answered!

Hairydavey · 14 Nov 2007 at 15:18

Well in the end I plumped for the following;

Asus P5K-E,
Q6600 cpu,
Arctic cooler 7 hsf,
4 GB OCZ PC6400 Reaper edition ram (I'm now looking at having a go at overclocking due to hearing about so many people easily reaching 3GHZ, my intended target).

Cheers for all the advice chaps